endment   5   to 
B.  A.  I.  Order  146J 


United  Stales  Department  of  Agriculture, 

BUREAU  OF  ANIMAL  INDUSTRY. 


AMENDMENT  5  TO   RULE   .'$,  RE  VISION  1.— TO  PREVENT  THE   SPREAD 
OF  SCABIES  IN  SHEEP. 

Effective  on  and  after  August  18,  1909. 


U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture, 

Office  of  the  Secretary. 
It  is  ordered  that  that  portion  of  Rule  3,  Revision  1,  to  prevent  the 
spread  of  scabies  in  sheep,  dated  March  22,  1907,  and  effective  on  and 
after  April  15,  1907,  which  provides  for  the  interstate  movement  of 
sheep  from  the  quarantined  area,  in  so  far  as  it  relates  to  the  interstate 
movement  of  sheep  in  the  State  of  Texas,  which  State  is  quarantined 
by  said  Rule  3,  Revision  1,  is  hereby  revoked  and  superseded  by  the 
following: 

It  is  ordered  by  this  Amendment  5  to  Rule  3,  Revision  1,  under  the 
authority  and  discretion  conferred  upon  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  by 
section  3  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved  March  3,  1905  (33  Stat.,  1264) , 
that  on  and  after  August  18,  1909,  sheep  in  the  State  of  Texas  shall  be 
moved  therefrom  to  any  other  State  or  Territory  or  District  only  in 
accordance  with  Regulations  31  to  37,  inclusive,  of  the  regulations  of 
the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  designated  as  B.  A.  I.  Order  143,  pro- 
mulgated March  22,  1907,  and  effective  April  15,  1907,  as  amended,  and 
that  all  inspections  and  dippings  required  by  said  Regulations  31  to 
37,  inclusive,  shall  be  made  at  points  where  Federal  inspection  is 
maintained. 

The  effect  of  this  amendment  is  to  require  that  scabby  sheep  may  be 
dipped  twice  in  accordance  with  the  regulations  and  shipped  interstate 
without  further  Federal  restrictions,  or  they  may  be  so  dipped  once  and 
shipped  interstate  for  immediate  slaughter.  All  other  sheep  may 
be  shipped  interstate,  without  dipping,  for  immediate  slaughter  as 
"exposed  SHEEP  for  slaughter,"  or  they  may  be  dipped  once  in 
accordance  with  the  regulations  and  shipped  interstate  without  further 
Federal  restrictions. 

Done    at    Washington    this    seventh    day    of 
August,  1909. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture. 

JAMES  Wilson. 


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Secretary  of  Ay)  icultun  . 


U.S.  DEPOSITORY 


UNIVERSITY  OF  FLORIDA 


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